It's Twilight Time

[Makazi 317]

Some more practise art

 

[Moony the Cat 3,702]

Wow, that looks good. 

 

A little bit computer effects to it and it could be used as a screamer in a creepypasta game 

[KrazyDashie 1,847]

welp. that's something that will appear in my nightmares..

 

good job with this though :3

Edited August 26, 2015 by KrazyDashie

[Sunset's Shimmer 394]

HA!

 

That's perfect... I can just imagine the CMC chanting:

 

"Twilight time, twilight time" Then Twilight says her infamous line, "Hey giiiirls"

[Makazi 317]

Wow, that looks good. 

 

A little bit computer effects to it and it could be used as a screamer in a creepypasta game 

 

It could, couldn't it? xD

 

 

welp. that's something that will appear in my nightmares..

 

good job with this though :3

 

Yeah, I'll probably be seeing it in my sleep tonight, as well. and thanks! ^^

[Makazi 317]

HA!

 

That's perfect... I can just imagine the CMC chanting:

 

"Twilight time, twilight time" Then Twilight says her infamous line, "Hey giiiirls"

 

"APPLEJACK, APPLEJACK!! I FINALLY GOT MY CUTIE MARK!"

"Wow, that's great, sis! What did--WHOAAAH"

 

[Sunset's Shimmer 394]

"APPLEJACK, APPLEJACK!! I FINALLY GOT MY CUTIE MARK!"

"Wow, that's great, sis! What did--WHOAAAH"

 

YES!

This. All of my this.

 

Crazy Twilight cutie mark. How is this not a thing yet.

[Makazi 317]

YES!

This. All of my this.

 

Crazy Twilight cutie mark. How is this not a thing yet.

 

I don't know! but it should be xD

[skysweep 541]

Its a really good drawing, straight out of Twily's psycho state. 

 

Somehow I thought of Macbeth when I saw this....Ugh, too much English revision. 

 

But in all seriousness, it has that vibe of a twisted pony. It achieves the effect if the intent is to scare someone. 

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Your art is awesome  Very well done and accurate..

 

So awesome in fact i decided to vectorize it It look a while, but i got this result from it :grin2:

Vectorized art:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hehe, had a lot of fun vectorizing this one also good practice and stuff..

But yeah, keep up the awesome artwork ⁿ-ⁿ

Edited August 26, 2015 by AURAequine

[Makazi 317]

Your art is awesome  Very well done and accurate..

 

So awesome in fact i decided to vectorize it It look a while, but i got this result from it :grin2:

Vectorized art:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hehe, had a lot of fun vectorizing this one also good practice and stuff..

But yeah, keep up the awesome artwork ⁿ-ⁿ

 

Hah, that's awesome xD Definitely gonna save that.

 

Also, how exactly does one vectorize something? Or rather, take line-work like what I have and turn it into something looking like what you did? What I've done in the past is go into Photoshop, use the pen tool to trace lines, and then hit enter to stroke the lines with my current brush. This technique works really good, but I feel like it's maybe not the most efficient way. So how do you go about it? ^^

[JonasDarkmane 19,788]

Oh wow . Nice drawing . Good job :3. 

[Makazi 317]

Oh wow . Nice drawing . Good job :3. 

 

Thank ye very much! ^^

Edited August 26, 2015 by Odyssey
Removed Bypassing of Character Minimum.

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Hah, that's awesome xD Definitely gonna save that.

 

Also, how exactly does one vectorize something? Or rather, take line-work like what I have and turn it into something looking like what you did? What I've done in the past is go into Photoshop, use the pen tool to trace lines, and then hit enter to stroke the lines with my current brush. This technique works really good, but I feel like it's maybe not the most efficient way. So how do you go about it? ^^

 

I used Inkscape to make it into vector art (which is the draw style the show uses), It involves creating nodes and anchors to create curves.. these can be manipulated and positioned to form a shape in which the program mathematically calculates the curve's dimensions and stuff, which allows it to be rendered at really high sizes without pixelization and keeping file sizes minimal (the project file for this one is only 4MBs..)

 

Here's a screenshot zoomed in to show the nodes (with their handles and anchors) for twilight's mouth :grin2:

 

I've only been using it for about a month now and I've gotten pretty good at at.. it is just very time consuming and tedious, especially if you manually taper some points to reflect the tapered curves the show's character design has..

 

But yeah.. hope this helped  explain a little

 

EDIT: But anyways, it's really fun to vectorize and render good hand drawn art like this It also allows to find and repair small mistakes in the original, but not if it draws away from the original art style..

Edited August 26, 2015 by AURAequine

[Makazi 317]

 

I used Inkscape to make it into vector art (which is the draw style the show uses), It involves creating nodes and anchors to create curves.. these can my manipulated and positioned to form a shape in which the program mathematically calculated the curve's dimensions, and can be rendered at really high sizes without pixelization

 

 

I've only been using it for about a month now and I've gotten pretty good at at.. it is just very time consuming and tedious, especially if you manually taper some points to reflect the tapered curves the show's character design has..

 

But yeah.. hope this helped  explain a little

 

Ah, okay! ^^ That actually seems fairly similar to using the pen tool in Photoshop, except Photoshop is raster instead of vector.

 

 

Basically you make nodes, and then use handles to define the direction of the line as well as the position and intensity of the curve. Though! what you're doing seems simpler, as from the looks of it it appears you can drag it around with real-time visual updates; is that correct? ^^ In Photoshop you just get the thin grey line of the pen tool itself, and there's actually no visible line until you hit enter and create a stroke. After that, if I wanted to alter my purple line, I'd actually have to erase what I did, go back and edit the anchors of the pen tool, and hit enter to make a new purple line.

Edited August 26, 2015 by Makazi

[SilverFlameWolf 47]

Oooh crazy Twilight, better watch out for her! Nice drawing :3

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

That was always my favorite Twilight face xD. Well done!

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Ah, okay! ^^ That actually seems fairly similar to using the pen tool in Photoshop, except Photoshop is raster instead of vector.

 

Though! what you're doing seems simpler, as from the looks of it it appears you can drag it around with real-time visual updates; is that correct? ^^ In Photoshop you just get the thin grey line of the pen tool itself, and there's actually no visible line until you hit enter and create a stroke. After that, if I wanted to alter my purple line, I'd actually have to erase what I did, go back and edit the anchors of the pen tool, and hit enter to make a new purple line.

 

That's why i stopped using GIMP to make ponies it was way to tedious and stuff to actually make good curves manually by stroking this path and stroking that path..

And yes, it does constantly update it as you edit it..

 

Also, another advantage of Vectors is you can zoom in all the way to max and get no pixelation The only way it does become pixelized is when you export it.. but you can save it at really high resolution to get really crisp curves If you wanted to that is

 

EDIT: Like this super HD version of the vector version..

[WARNING] Massive 9857x5536 version.. 2.42MBs.. Link: http://i.imgur.com/9nGrjnU.png

Edited August 26, 2015 by AURAequine

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

That was always my favorite Twilight face xD. Well done!

[Makazi 317]

That's why i stopped using GIMP to make ponies it was way to tedious and stuff to actually make good curves manually by stroking this path and stroking that path..

And yes, it does constantly update it as you edit it..

 

Also, another advantage of Vectors is you can zoom in all the way to max and get no pixelation The only way it does become pixelized is when you export it.. but you can save it at really high resolution to get really crisp curves If you wanted to that is

 

Yeah, I might have to try Inkscape, then! as stroking paths is fairly tedious, especially if you manage to mess up and have to backtrack. ^^

Oooh crazy Twilight, better watch out for her! Nice drawing :3

 

She's an evil enchantress and she does evil dances,

and if you look deep in her eyes, she'll put you in trances,

Then what will she do? She'll mix up an evil brew,

and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty stew

sooOooOOOO, WATCH OUT!

That was always my favorite Twilight face xD. Well done!

 

Thanks a bunch. xD I'm glad you like it ^^

[SilverFlameWolf 47]

Yeah, I might have to try Inkscape, then! as stroking paths is fairly tedious, especially if you manage to mess up and have to backtrack. ^^

 

She's an evil enchantress and she does evil dances,

and if you look deep in her eyes, she'll put you in trances,

Then what will she do? She'll mix up an evil brew,

and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty stew

sooOooOOOO, WATCH OUT!

 

Thanks a bunch. xD I'm glad you like it ^^

EEEEEEEEEEEP!!

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Yeah, I might have to try Inkscape, then! as stroking paths is fairly tedious, especially if you manage to mess up and have to backtrack. ^^

 

Well Inkscape as far as i know has an unlimited undo count for as long as the file is open.. so any mistakes, even far far back can be easily undone

Plus if a shape isn't how you want it, it's not set in stone.. or.. pixel You can just edit the handles

[Makazi 317]

Well Inkscape as far as i know has an unlimited undo count for as long as the file is open.. so any mistakes, even far far back can be easily undone

Plus if a shape isn't how you want it, it's not set in stone.. or.. pixel You can just edit the handles

 

That is incredibly useful. ^^ I don't know how many times I've been editing something in Photoshop, or GIMP, or whatever program I was using at the time, and then I realised I had reached my maximum undo steps and fixing something would require essentially redoing it from scratch; every time I'm like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

That is incredibly useful. ^^ I don't know how many times I've been editing something in Photoshop, or GIMP, or whatever program I was using at the time, and then I realised I had reached my maximum undo steps and fixing something would require essentially redoing it from scratch; every time I'm like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo

 

Hehe, had the exact same issue with using Blender, until recently when i found out how to change the max undo steps xD

Most graphics programs have this setting and photoshop/GIMP are very useful editors so it's good to maximize their  potential by editting the settings so they work best, so long as you have the PC to handle it..

[Makazi 317]

Hehe, had the exact same issue with using Blender, until recently when i found out how to change the max undo steps xD

Most graphics programs have this setting and photoshop/GIMP are very useful editors so it's good to maximize their  potential by editting the settings so they work best, so long as you have the PC to handle it..

 

Would an IBM 5150 be good enough?

(I jest, of course xD)